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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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