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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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