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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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