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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes 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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