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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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