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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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