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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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