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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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