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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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