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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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