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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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