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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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