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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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