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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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