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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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