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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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