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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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