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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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