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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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