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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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