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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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