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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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