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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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