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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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