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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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