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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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