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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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