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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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