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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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