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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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