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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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