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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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