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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses 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 open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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