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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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