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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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