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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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