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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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