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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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