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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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