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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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