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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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