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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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