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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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