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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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