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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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