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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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