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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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