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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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