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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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