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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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