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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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