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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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