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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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