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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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