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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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