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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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