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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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