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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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