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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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