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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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