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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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