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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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