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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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