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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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