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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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