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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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