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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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