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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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