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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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