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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major 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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