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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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