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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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