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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details 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 book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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