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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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