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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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