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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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