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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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