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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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