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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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