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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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