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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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