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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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