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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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