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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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