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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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