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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important 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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