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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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