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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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