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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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