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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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