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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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