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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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