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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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