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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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