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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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