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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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