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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important 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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