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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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