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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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