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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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