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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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