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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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