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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. Modern changes in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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