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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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