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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the 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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