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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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