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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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