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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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