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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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