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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major 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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