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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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