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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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