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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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