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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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