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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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