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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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