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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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