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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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