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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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