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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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