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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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