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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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