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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies 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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