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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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