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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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