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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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