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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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