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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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