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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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