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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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