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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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