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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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