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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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