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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key 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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