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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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