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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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