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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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