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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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