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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education