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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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