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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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