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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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