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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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