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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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