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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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