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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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