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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major 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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