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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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