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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important 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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