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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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