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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about 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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