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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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