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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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