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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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