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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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