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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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