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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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