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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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