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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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