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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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