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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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