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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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