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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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