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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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