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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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