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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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