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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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