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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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