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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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