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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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