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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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