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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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