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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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