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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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