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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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