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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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