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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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