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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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