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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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