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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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