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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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