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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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