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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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