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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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