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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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