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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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