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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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