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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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