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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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