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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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