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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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