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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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