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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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