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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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