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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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