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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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