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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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