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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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