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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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