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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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