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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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