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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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