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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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