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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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