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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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