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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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