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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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