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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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