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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the 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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