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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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