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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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