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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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