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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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