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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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