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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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