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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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