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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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