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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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