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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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