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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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