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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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