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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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