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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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