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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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