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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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