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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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