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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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