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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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