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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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