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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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