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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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