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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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