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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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