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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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