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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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