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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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