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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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