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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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