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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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