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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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