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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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