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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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