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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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