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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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