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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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