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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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