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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)