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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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