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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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