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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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