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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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