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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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