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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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