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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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