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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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