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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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