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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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