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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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