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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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