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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key 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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