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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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