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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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