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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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