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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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