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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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