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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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