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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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