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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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