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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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