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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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