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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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