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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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