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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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