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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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