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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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