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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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