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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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