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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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