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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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