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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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