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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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