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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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