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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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