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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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