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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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