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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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