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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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