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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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