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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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