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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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