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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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