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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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