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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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