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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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