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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers 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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