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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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