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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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