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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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