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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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