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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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