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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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