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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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