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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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