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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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