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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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