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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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