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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses 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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