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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines 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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