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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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