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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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