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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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