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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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