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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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