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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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