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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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