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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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