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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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