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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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