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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes 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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