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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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