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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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