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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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