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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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