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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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