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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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