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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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