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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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