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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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