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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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