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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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