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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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