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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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