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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational ventures. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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