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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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