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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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