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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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