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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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