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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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