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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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