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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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