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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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