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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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