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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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