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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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