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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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