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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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