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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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