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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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