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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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