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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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