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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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