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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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