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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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