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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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