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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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