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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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