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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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