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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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