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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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