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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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