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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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