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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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