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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 (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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