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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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