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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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