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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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