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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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