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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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