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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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