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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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