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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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