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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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