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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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