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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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