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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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