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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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