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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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