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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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