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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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