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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines 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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