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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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