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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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