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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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