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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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