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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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