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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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