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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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