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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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