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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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