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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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