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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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