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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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