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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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