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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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