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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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