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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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