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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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