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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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