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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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