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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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