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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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