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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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