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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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