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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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