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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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