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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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