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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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