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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand 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 gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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