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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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