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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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