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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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