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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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