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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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