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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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