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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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