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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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