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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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