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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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