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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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