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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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