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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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