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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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