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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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