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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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