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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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