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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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