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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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