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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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