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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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