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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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