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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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