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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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