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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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