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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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