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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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