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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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