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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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