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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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