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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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