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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major 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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