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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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