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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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