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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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