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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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