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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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