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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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