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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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