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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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