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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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