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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education