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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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