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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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