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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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