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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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