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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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