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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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