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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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