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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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