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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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