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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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