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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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