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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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