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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines 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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