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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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