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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled 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 always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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