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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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