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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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