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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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