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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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