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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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