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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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