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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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