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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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