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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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