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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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