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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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