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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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