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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. 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 massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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