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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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