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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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