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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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