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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the stimulating 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 book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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