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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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