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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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