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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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