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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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