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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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