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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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