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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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