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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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