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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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