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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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