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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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