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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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