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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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