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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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