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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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