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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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