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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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