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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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