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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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