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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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