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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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