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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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