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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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