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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the 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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