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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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