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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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