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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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