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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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