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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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