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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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